require "openssl"

# Copyright (c) 2011 Vincent Landgraf
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module Istat
  module Utils    
    # generate a pseudo random uuid based on openssl random
    # @return [String] the generated uuid
    # @example
    #   Istat::Utils.uuid # => '19be1f6285ae9019254c93a880db7285'
    #
    def self.uuid(size = 16)
      OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(size).unpack("C" * size).map do |char| 
        "%02x" % char
      end.join
    end
  end
end
